Excerpt from The Great Debate Between Robert Young Hayne of South Carolina and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts To understand properly the full significance of these two speeches, some knowledge of the events which preceded and occasioned them is needful. The notes relate properly only to the texts in hand, and therefore for a larger view, guidance should be sought else where. No safer companion through numerous and confusing references exists at present than Channing and Hart's Guide to the Study of American His tory. Few notes have seemed necessary to the clos ing portion of Webster's speech; the view of the Constitution as here interpreted is its own explana tion, and no annotation could add to its clearness and force. I wish hereby to express my thanks to the Trustees and to the Librarian of the Boston Public Library for their courtesy in permitting the use of the Webster manuscript now in their possession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.